Does Section 654, subdivision (a) of the California Criminal Code allow for multiple punishments for an act or omission that violates more than one statute but constitutes an indivisible transaction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Madison, (Cal. App. 2013):
Section 654, subdivision (a) provides, in part, that an "act or omission that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision." The court cannot impose such multiple punishments for offenses arising out of a course of conduct that violates more than one statute but constitutes an indivisible transaction. (People v. Britt (2004) 32 Cal.4th 944, 951-952.)
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